Trawsfynydd is an ‘ideal site’ to locate mini-atomic reactors according to leading Cabinet members of the UK Government.

The UK Government yesterday revealed its blueprint for nuclear energy innovation at the site of the decommissioned Gwynedd nuclear site.

This includes a commitment of £44 million for research and development funding to support the development of Advanced Modular reactors - with Trawsfynydd tipped as one of the front-runners for one of the potential sites, bringing hundreds of new roles.

“We think this is an ideal place to locate them and make use of the skills and experience that are here, and recruit more people, to have the whole of Wales and certainly this part of Wales as a leader around the world in exports of this technology.”

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Despite the UK Government’s decision not to back the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon Mr Clark also said this was not the end of that form of renewable power. There are separate plans for a North Wales tidal lagoon.

Mr Clark said: “We would love to have tidal lagoon but we have to have that responsibility for consumers’ bills.

“We want to continue to do research with industry to get to a point it can be deployed and the numbers can stack up and be justified.

“There is a history of new technology taking time to develop to get to a point it can be deployed commercially.”